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Hot from the presses this news as I type.In my opinion he got a mild suspension.

8 days?? He did get off easy.. What is he going to apeal?? Even if it was an honest mistake, he still broke a BIG rule... Needs to just except punishment and blame and just let the matter close without drawing anymore attention to in... JMO

http://espn.go.com/mlb/news/2003/0606/1564235.html

Here is the information about the suspension of 8 games and he will appeal it.Agree chad that he got an easy suspension but why he will appeal???

I thought that the bats that were confiscated were negative of any cork. Did I miss something?

Boston Red Sox ace Boston pitching ace Pedro Martinez came to his Dominican countryman's defense, saying the incident was being blown out of proportion because of racial bias by the media.

"If it was (Mark) McGwire, it would still be a big deal, but not like this," Martinez said. "We might be Latin and minorities, but we're not dumb. We see everything that happens."

Sosa is my Favorite player of all times... I love the guy... He is great.. BUT COME ON... Even if it was an accident (im hoping, but still not TOTALY convinced) The fact still remains he broke a big rule... and he is being punished for that... Not being punished because of his ethic background Realy erks me that this has already come up... I say again take the punishment and let it all die out... The last thing he needs is for this to go on any further or to turn into a race war.

They were negative linda... But the one he used in the game was corked...

Thanks Chad. And I agree that it must have been an accident.

It seems everyone has always got to play that friggin race card from this to the NY Times debacle.....................One big reason i am in support of abolishing the affimitive action crap.............

The reason he's appealing I would believe is that the Yankees are coming to his town and he wants to play them and probably so do the television stations that'll broadcast the games. Then he'll probably just drop the appeal.
Sammy, take you medicine and move on.

yup your right on the apeal reason hunter.. My point was he has been an idle to so many kids, and he should continue to be so in this situation.. show them even though it was an honest mistake, the rule was still broken and punishment needs to be excepted..

Heres to you Sammy Hope this gets barried quickly for you

Agree Hunter on that plenty of $$$$$$$$$$$$$$ will go around that series this weekend.

Yep Chad hopefully it drops quick..........Baseball has had enough of its troubles and he is looked up too by alot of the Kids...................Baseball surely doesnt need this........

He needs to take his punishment and move on. I like Sammy, but I don't think the race card works here.

Sammy will never be able to live this out. To the public, he's been exposed as a fraud. Remember Mark Maguire? When it was discovered that he used steroids, he basically faded from the baseball spotlight.

OtherHD wrote:Sammy will never be able to live this out. To the public, he's been exposed as a fraud. Remember Mark Maguire? When it was discovered that he used steroids, he basically faded from the baseball spotlight.

Very true.

Your right Chad it shouldn't hurt his reputation at all. Tha thing that confuses me with this is , that bat that broke is the only 2-tone bat he has. How can you mistake it for one of your solid toned bats that you've always used. I can see why he would have it 2 toned so it would stick out in his locker or where ever they are kept . but how do you forget that, Oh this ones corked I can't use this one.
but he'll be fine. he's not on your team is he? One can only hope.

LOL... Nope.

dang

Oh come on Pedro Martinez! This has nothing to do with Sammy's race...puh-leez! Besides, the media loves Sammy but they of course they're going to report this kind of thing. And it makes no difference if he's black, white, red, green, or purple!

Anyway, I like Sammy too but he should take his punishment and as quietly as possible and hopefully let this just run its course and die out soon. This isn't exactly good for all of baseball but obviously worse for Sosa. Accident or not, he still broke the rule and must now face the consequences. Appealing the decision will only prolong the matter and he won't win the appeal anyway.

I don't know about you but I'm already tired of it monopolizing Sportscenter.

southerngale wrote:I don't know about you but I'm already tired of it monopolizing Sportscenter.

Agree 100%. He should serve the suspension and move on.